Suns Fall to M-Braves 3-2
June 26, 2016 - Southern League (SL1)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release
PEARL, Miss. - The Jacksonville Suns (2-2, 32-42) fell to the Mississippi Braves (2-2, 36-37) by a 3-2 score in the fourth game of the five-game series at Trustmark Park on Sunday evening.
Jacksonville carried a 2-1 lead to the bottom of the eighth, where the Braves rallied for two runs to take a 3-2 lead and get the win. Suns reliever Tyler Higgins (2-3) took the loss, allowing the two Braves runs in the eighth on three hits, and it was his fourth blown save of the season. Braves reliever Jason Hursh (2-2) earned the win with a scoreless eighth, and then Madison Younginer collected his sixth save with a perfect ninth inning.
After the first inning was scoreless, the Suns took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second. Alex Glenn hit a two-out triple, then was brought home on an RBI double by Ronnie Mitchell to give Jacksonville the advantage. The Suns grew the lead to 2-0 with a Yefri Perez sacrifice fly in the fifth that scored Mitchell. Mississippi got its only run off Jacksonville starter Kendry Flores in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by Dustin Peterson that cut the Suns lead to 2-1.
Flores in his first start with the Suns went five and two-third innings, allowing just a run on seven hits with no walks and seven strikeouts, and the Braves were 1-for-11 batting with runners in scoring position against the member of the Marlins 40-man roster.
In the bottom of the eighth, Joe Odom tied the game with an RBI single before Yohan Camargo brought in a run when he reached on a fielder's choice to put the score at 3-2, which would be the final.
The loss evens the series at a two games apiece, and the Suns and Braves will play a rubber match in the finale tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET. The Suns will start right-hander Jake Esch (7-5, 4.33 ERA), while Mississippi will start left-hander Sean Newcomb (3-4, 3.96 ERA). Fans can listen to the game on the Suns Baseball Network, beginning at 7:45 p.m. ET with the pregame show "Suns On Deck" on FM 102.3 The Beach, the TuneIn Radio app, and www.jaxsuns.com.
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